Trudie A. Hoffman

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Trudie (Foltz) Hoffman, 81, of Westmoreland, Kansas, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2019 in Manhattan following a short illness.

  Trudie was born July 11, 1937 in Manhattan, Kansas, the daughter of Vernon and Pauline (Jermark) Foltz.  She graduated from Manhattan High School in 1955 and Kansas State University in 1959, earning a degree in Chemistry. 

  During college, she worked at College Drug in Aggieville and that is where she met her future husband, Bill Hoffman, who was a pharmaceutical drug rep for Merck, Sharp, and Dome at the time.  Trudie and Bill had their first date on April Fool’s Day 1958 and were married on December 20, 1958, and were married more than 57 wonderful years. 

  Trudie spent the next several years as a full-time mom raising their 6 children who were all born between 1960 and 1970!  She could cook, sew, manage the household and the pharmacy, maintain the yard and run the pool- She could do it all!

  In 1968, the Hoffman family moved from Manhattan to Westmoreland where Trudie and Bill owned and operated Hoffman Pharmacy until June of 2016.  During the 1970’s, Trudie also taught chemistry at Kansas State University. 

  Trudie returned to the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy where she graduated in December of 1982.  She worked for many years at St. Mary’s Hospital in Manhattan as well as Wamego Drug Store.  All the while helping Bill at the pharmacy and raising her 6 children.

  She was a long-time member of the Westmoreland Methodist Church, the Westy Service Club, and the Rock Creek Valley Historical Society.  She was a former Westmoreland City Council member and worked on the Pottawatomie County Zoning Board for many years. 

  Trudie was preceded in death by her loving husband, Bill Hoffman, her parents and her sister, Danna Hitch, her nephew, Ken Hitch.

  Trudie is survived by her six children:  Jean Bramwell (Jon), Kay Tomasu (Robert), Mary Hoffman, Nancy Vanderpool (Troy), Skip Hoffman (Angela), Keith Hoffman (Kate).  15 grandchildren:  Kevin Tomasu (Laurissa), Melissa Burdiek (Wes), Taryn Schuknecht (Greg), Lisa Tomasu, Jacob and Amanda Morgan, Megan and Madison Vanderpool, Raeann Bramwell, Luke and Nick Hoffman, Mark, Brett, Drew, and Laura Hoffman, her brother, Paul Foltz, and one great grandchild, Benson Burdiek, two nephews, Dan and Ed Hitch, and two nieces, Kaylee Myers and Shellee Brokenicky.

  We love you and will miss you so much.

  Memorial service for Trudie will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 25, 2019 at the United Methodist Church in Westmoreland.  The family has suggested memorials to the Rock Creek Valley Historical Society, and may be left in care of Stewart Funeral Home of Wamego, PO Box 48, 66547.